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MISS OREGON Final choice in a field of Karlyn Malison, 18 contestants for the Miss Oregon title is high school and Rosemary Doolen, sponsored by the Salem 'West Second st. Jaycees as Miss Salem. The winner, shown Jackson County, being crowned by Miss Oregon of 1959, Rosemary Doolen Wins Miss Oregon Contest Medford High Graduate Picked For 1960 Crown Seaside-(UPII - Miss Salem, Rosemary Doolen, was select ed as Miss Oregon for 1960 here Sunday afternoon. Miss Doolen will now repre sent Oregon at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City next September. She is the daughter of Mrs. Horace M. Doolen, 612 West 2nd St., Medford. She has attended Willamette University in Sal em for one year and graduat ed from Medford high school In 1959. Miss Doolen, a blue-eyed blonde, will receive a $1,000 scholarship, a $1,500 ward robe and a set of matched luggage. She is five-feet six-inches tal and weighs 128 pounds. She measures 35V2-25-36. First and second runners up were Miss Eugene, Sharon Anderson and,Miss Gresham, Susan Lynn Gaines. Other finalists were Miss Pendle ton, Roberta Whitney and Miss Jackson County, Shirley Satterfield. Miss Eugene won a $500 scholarship and Miss Gresham a $200 scholarship. Miss Pendleton received a $200 scholarship as the contestant having the most talent. Receiving the $100 scholar ship as Miss Congeniality was Janice Boice, Miss Curry County. Rosemary Doolen, Medford girl who was named Miss Oregon Sunday, is expected to return home Wednesday, members of her family said today. She was sponsored by the Salem Jaycees, where she is a student at Willamette Uni versity. Eugene Receives Census Designation . Washington - (UPD - Eugene, Ore., with a population of 50,169 within the city limits, has been designated as a "standard metropolitan sta tistical" area with an area population of 160,742 as a result of the 1960 census, the government announced today. Hammarskjold Accused In Radio Moscow Blast Leopoldville, The Congo -(WD - Moscow Radio accused United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold today of supporting aggres sion in the Congo. Sunday Moscow accused Belgium of further aggression. The charge against Belgium brought a strong reply today irom the United States which Work Program for Welfare Recipients To Start in Area A work program for general assistance welfare recipients will become effective t h week according to the Jack son county court. James Pullman, Jackson county public welfare admin istrator, said two men are now available. Others who had been receiving general assist ance have found jobs, he said. The county court and wel- Work Starts on Park Play Area Medford police were twice summoned to Hawthorne park this morning when nearby residents complained that workmen in the park had started work too early and were making too much noise. The first call came at 5:15 a.m. At that time police found an employee of the Donald Atkinson Trucking company operating a caterpillar tractor in the park. Police informed him that it was illegal to start work before 7 a.m. and work was halted. Thirty minutes later police received a second call, again complaining that somone was operating the Caterpillar. This time police found the Cat being operated by Donald W. Atkinson himself. Atkin son said that he had started work because he thought the regular operator was late for work. Police again explained the city law which makes it ille gal to start work before 7 a.m., and Atkinson agreed to wait until then before resum ing work. The company is in the proc ess of removing the asphalt surface in the park play area. When the surfacing is remov ed a sand bowl will be in stalled and the entire area renovated preparatory to in stallation" of the sculpture type play apparatus that is be ing donated to the city by var ious service clubs and lodges. accused Russia of hindering U.N. efforts there by threat ening to take decisive meas ures" against what Moscow called continuing aggression. Hammarskjold himself was having difficulties on two fronts. An outbreak of tribal warfare threatened to involve U.N. troops while a new crisis was arriving over secession minded Katanga Province. is a graduate of Medford her family resides at 612 Shirley Satterfield, Miss was among the finalists. (UPI Telephoto) fare administrator have not yet decided where the men will work, County Commis sioner Ralph James said to day. The agreement between the county court and welfare commission was signed last week. , According to the agreement, the county will provide spe cial clothing, tools and equip ment if needed. The welfare department will provide funds for paying the men on an hour ly rate. Park Improvements The public welfare commis sion will refer to the county only those general assistance recipients who are able to perform the type of work to be done under the program, which at present will be im provement and maintenance of public parks and recreation areas. The local welfare staff will determine which of the public assistance recipients will be referred to Jackson county for work. II will advise the coun ty on the maximum hours each will be permitted to work. A 40-hour week will be establish ed. Time for which each recip ient is eligible to work is not accumulative from' month to month. To Inform Commission The county must inform the public welfare commission on type of work available, num ber of man hours available and when and where and to whom recipients should re port. If a man is able to work and refuses without good cause, he shall be ineligible for general assistance funds as long as he refuses to work, according to the agrcment. A recipient may be drop ped from welfare rolls if he abandons or repeatedly ab sent himself from work, fails or refuses to perform work as signed in a satisfactory man ner, is subordinate, fails to follow safety regulations or is guilty of misconduct connect ed with his work, according to the agreemnt. Conservation Passion Urged by Douglas . Bend - (UPD - Associate Su preme Court Justice William O. Douglas called on Oregon ians yesterday to make con- servation one of their "pas sions of life. Capping a day-long arts and recreation confir(nrp ennn. sored by the Democratic party of Oregon, Douglas said Amer icans have been "drifting" ignoring problems at home in their preoccupation with for eign analrs. Kennedy Assails GOP on Farm, Economic Issues Candidate Meets President of USW Hyannis Port, Mass. - IUPU -Democratic presidential can didate John F. Kennedy rip ped into his Republican op position today on the farm Is sue and on economic policy. Kennedy conferred with President David J. McDonald of the United Steelworkers Union on reduced steel pro duction which has caused un employment and shortened hours In the industry. Statement Approved The nominee also approved a statement by a group of farm belt Democratic gover nors and lawmakers describ ing Kennedy's GOP opponent, Richard M. Nixon, as "a po litical captain leaving the sinking ship" through repudi ation of the administration's farm and defense programs. In Washington Nikon's headquarters said it was "sorry" to hear about the Kennedy "sinking ship" state ment. Herbert G. Klein, Nixon's press secretary, said "I am sorry to find a group of Amer ican leaders describing the country as a sinking ship." Mel with Bowles He added that it was the Vice President's belief that the United States is a world leader and it is his aim to build that leadership." Kennedy also met with Rep. Chester A. Bowles ID- Conn.) to carry on a foreign policy discussion which the Massachusetts senator began Sunday with Adlai E. Sleven- s o n , Democratic standard bearer in 1952 and 1956. Kennedy directly and indi rectly assailed the admini stration's position on the econ omy after McDonald told newsmen in a joint new con ference on the senator's lawn that 400,000 members of his union had been adverslcy af fected by cutbacks in steel production. Oregon Democrats Reelect Sfraub Bend - (UPI! - Robert Straub of Springfield was reelected state chairman of the Oregon Democratic party here Sun day. Other positions went to Constance Weber, The Dal les, vice chairman; Ruth Ren froe, Portland, Secretary: Ar thur Bone, Salem, treasurer; Oscar Kendall, Corvallis, first Congress district representa tive; Linden Martin, The Dalles, second district; Frank Roberts, Portland, third dis trict, and George Balsigner Jr., Blue River, fourth dis trict. Twenty-five counties were represented here and 13 proxy votes were cast. WEATHER Forecast: Fair and roolrr In night and Tuesday. Low tonight 48-50. High Tuesday 85. Temperature Hi Eh est Yesterday - ? Lowest this Morning 54 Precipitation To 10 a.m. Yesterday Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:32 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .:fM a.m. Moonsei tomorrow ....12:3!) a.m. Full rrfoon Aug. 6 Vent? brlehtesl of all the plan ets, will soon join Jupiter and Saturn In the evening sky. It now sets a few minutes after the sun. "And Now, Back To The Regional Edition I ' XIZ t v. tflP wr. i fj k - - i v n M'- : X J '4 tfJUtti! ,,! I - tV. . I lif11" v isl fiX ' .iV ' !' mM V'-iK. 1SV NIXON MAPS STRATEGY Vice President Richard Nixon plunged into a scries of strategy conferences in Washington today. Shown above are, from left, former GOP chairman Leonard Hall, who has been named Nixon's general cam- Two Killed in Northern Calif. Auto Accidents YrekaTwo persons, a 32 year'dtd Vreka man and . an 18-year-old girl from Weed, were killed In northern Cali fornia traffic acicdents over the week end. Killed were Donald J. Ide and Marie E. Henry. The California Highway patrol said the Henry girl was killed about b:JU p.m. Saturday when her car struck a rock on a curve on highway 99 two miles south of Gazelle. She lost control of the ve hicle and it ran off the road. Two passengers in the girl's car, Karen L. Peterson, 17, and Helen L. Hayes, 18, both of Weed, suffered moderate injuries and were taken lo Siskiyou County hospital in Yreka. The second fatal crash oc curred about 11:34 p.m. yes terday near Seiad Valley, the sheriff's office reported, when Ide apparently fell asleep while driving and his truck plunged into the Klamath river. Deputies . said Ide's last known address is 7515 Obcr land rd., Yreka, but that they have been unable to locate his wife or other relatives. Ide was driving a telephone truck owned by Power Communica tion, Inc., of Portland. Washington - UTU - The United States today quickly dismissed as "only another meaningless propaganda ges ture" Communist China's call for a ban on nuclear weapons throughout Asia and the Mid dle East. World of Reality . . ." MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1960 Nixon Plunges Into Campaign Strategy With Key Advisers Washington - OIPII - Vice President Richard M. Nixon speeding campaign prepap ations, today plunged into I series of campaign confer, ences with key GOP advisers, his running male Henry Cabot Oregon AFL-CIO Convention Opens Pendleton (UPII - More than 500 delegates gathered today for the fifth annual Oregon AFL-CIO convention. Politics and the Portland newspaper strike were in the spotlight. Gov. Mark O. Hatfield ad dressed the union members this afternoon and most can didates for major political of fice will have been here to bid for the labor vote before the convention adjourns Friday. M r s. Maurine Neuberger, Democratic candidate for the U. S. senate, and Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) spoke before preliminary sessions Sunday, both stressing the importance of the minimum wage law now pending in Congress. Deputies Probe Sale Robbery Jackson county sheriff's deputies today are investigat ing a safe robbery at Hunter's tavern on Crater Lake high way some time Sunday night. Deputies said an undeter mined amount of money was taken. The dial and handle on the safe door was knocked off, and the face plate pealed off. The thief or thieves also broke into all the coin machines in the tavern, deputies said. They estimate the robbery oc curred between midnight and 6:40 o'clock this morning. En try was gained through a sky light, deputies said. Alert Grocery Clerk Falls Gold Hill Man A flying tackle made by a Quality Market grocery clerk saved a prisoner for the sher iff's office, it was reported today. Charles L. Coffey, Gold Hill, charged with violating parole, escaped momentarily from sheriff's dcpuUes as he was being taken from the parole office across the street from Quality Market, 222 West Main St., Friday. Richard F. Souza, Jackson ville, grocery clerk, spotted the escape and leaped on top of Coffey, bringing him lo the sidewalk. Montcicllo, Iowa-U!P0-Dom-o'cratic vice presidential nomi nee Lyndon Johnson said Sunday the farm plank in thi Democratic platform is Tribune paign chairman; Nixon; Henry Cabot Lodge, vice presi dential nominee, and Robert Finch, Nixon's administrative assistant, who will be his campaign director. (UPI Telephoto) Lodge and President Eisevv hower, t Nixon, with only one day's rest from a strenuous week that brought his the Repub lican presidential nomination, also appointed his administra live assistant, Robert H. Finch, to the new post of presidential campaign direct or, i Coordination Mapped The vice president and Lodge mapped out coordina tion of their campaigns before flying to Newport, R.I., late this afternoon for a special conference arranged by Presi dent Eisenhower. It was call ed to discuss the campaign and the reconvened session of Congress which starts next Monday. Herbert G. Klein, Nixons press secretary, also disclosed that the vice president talked by telephone Sunday night with New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller about "campaign plans and the international situation" with particular ref erence to Latin America. Meets with Dirksen ' Nixon started his busy day here by having breakfast with Scnale Republican Lcad- r Everett Dirksen (111.), who will play a vital role In the short Congressional session expected to take up planks f both Republican and Dem ocratic platforms. After conferring with the vice president, Dirksen listed five items as "must" legisla tion and another on which he said "an effort will be made." On the must list were mu tual security appropriations, defense, social security with medical 'care for the aged, minimum wages and a farm bill. Dirksen said there would be an effort lo pass a school construction bill and some ac tion would be taken on the secondary boycott measure. Officials Tour Willow Reservoir A number of officiafs from the city of Medford and Jack son county t o u r e d Willow Creek reservoir tills afternoon to see what possibilities the reservoir has as a recreational facility. Making the lour were the county court, the county parks and recreation commission, a representative from the city water commission and City Water Superintendent Robert Lee. Lee said the purpose of the tour is to investigate what recreational possibility the reservoir might have. The res ervoir is owned and operated by the city water department as a supplementary water sup ply for the Rogue River Val ley Irrigation district. 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 114 Eleven New Fires Reported From Storms Yesterday Eleveri new fires were re- ported today as a result of charged with first degree mur-J-eslerday's electrical storms, der in connection with th The forest service has crews fighting three fires in the Union Creek area and anoth er Jive nres nave oeen re - ported in the Applcgate - Ash - land area. Smokejiimpcrs were flown to one of the Applegate fires. Bob Torheim, fire control of ficer said. Reports from the stale de partment of forestry Indicate that there are three new fires, one each in the Applegate area, Lost Creek and Florence rock in the Prospect area. Other Damage Other storm damage includ ed scattered power failures of a minor nature. Most not able of the local failures oc curred in the Pine St. and Riverside ave. section of Med ford. A total of 38 fires have now been reported lo the forest service as a result of the scr ies of storms during the last few days. Oregon slate tire- crews have fought about 33 fires with . three more reported from reported from yester day's storm. All former fires were in the mop up stage yes terday when the storin struck. It is estimated that - fire danger will be moderate to day, but will rapidly climb to high as the forests dry out Oregon Candidate Delayed by Nixon Pendleton (UPD - Ron Phair, GOP congressional candidate from Oregon s 2nd district cancelled his return from Chi cago at the request of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, it was learned here today Phair was scheduled to return Friday. Nixon asked Phair to delay his trip In order that they could discuss Oregon farm problems and to let Phair si in on a special conference of farm-area candidates. Most State Said To Be By United Press International Forest service officials to day reported all forest fires on the Umatilla and Wallowa- Whitman national forests un der control. Firefightlng personnel have been released from most of the fire areas. Fires on the national forests in Oregon and Washington consumed thousands of acre; of timber land and claimed the lives of several firefighters. Six expert mountain climb ers from Portland and Hood Collision South Of Collage Grove Fatal to Three Freight Train Kills Baby Near Stayton By United Press International Sunday was a day of trage dy in Oregon with at least nine persons killed in traf fic, a fire, a train accident, a drowning and a shooting. Three persons were killed in a head-on collision on High--wav 99 just south of Cottage Grove late Sunday. The vic tims were Mabel Truex. 34; her 11 -year -old daughter, Christine and Laura Frisbie, 63. all of Ridgefield, Wash. Eight other persons were in jured in the accident which. involved three cars and caus ed three other vehicles to crash into a ditch. Portlander Killed A Portland man, Frank Loucks. 51, died in Provi dence hospital from injuries' suffered Saturday when ha was struck by a car m North east Portland. And near Stayton, a 17-months-old baby died at a hospital after being struck by a Southern Pacific freight train. Tine child, Darrel Glen Dosscy of Marion, wandered from a car onto the tracks. State police said the train was the only one to use that sec tion of track Sunday. Fire Claims Man A 30-year-old Gcrvais man died when his house burned Sunday. He was Dewey Thom as Anderson. . - Firemen said he was over come by smoke. A Portland man tell trom a motor boat in the Willa mette river in Portland and drowned. He was 41-year-old John Wesley Drake, a long I shoreman. A Pendleton fireman, Don W. McDougall, 40, was killed on state highway 395 about seven miles north of Pendle ton Sunday when his motor cycle collided head-on with a car. In Portland, Harvey Jack son, 43, was shot to death and Ovaland Fleming, 47, was 'WnB- i I Date for Arguments - , f , (lI MOllOU IS jBl Circuit Court Judge James Main set 10:30 a.m. Aug. 10 to hear arguments on a motion to set aside indictments against O. H. Bengtson, Med ford lawyer, in the Medford Escrow case. The motion made in cir cuit court today is based on an alleged error in the listing of witnesses who appeared be fore the Jackson county grand ury. Previously an. indictment against Bengtson was dismiss ed on joint motion by the dis trict attorney's office and Bengtson's attorneys, Robert Boyer, Medford, and K. C. Tanner, Portland. A new grand jury returned an indictment against Bengt son charging he took $3,701.14 illegally from the company funds on or about Oct. 21, 1951, and in another indict ment charged he took $1,700 on or about Feb. 2, 1960. The same grand jury also returned an indictment that Rachel Pe terson Carter took $224.81 on or about May 14, 1958, from company funds. The grand jury is expected to convene again Wednesday, August 3, to further consider the case. Seattle Youth Hurt Because of Porcupine Yreka - An 18-year-old Se attle youth is in Siskiyou County hospital here today be cause of a porcupine. James E. Hoffman told sher iff's deputies his car ran oft the road near Big Springs creek when he tried to avoid hitting the animal early yes terday morning. Hoffman's In juries were not listed as seri out. Forest Fires Controlled River' brought in lo battle fires in the Wallowa-Whitman area were released and flown back to their homes. - Also reported under control were some 40 new fires caused by lightning Saturday, Approximately 50 separate fires have been started in the 19 national forests of Oregon, southern Washington and Northern California since the series of thunderstorms began in mid-July. Officials also said that risk of new lightning-caused fire is tapering off.
